In Layers

I studied printmaking as well as painting when I was a student and taught both for 52 years. I realise now that my method of working as a painter  is similar to a printmaker,  working  in layers and stages.

By that I mean that after experimenting, every thing is planned so I know which stage to do first. Ofcourse, it doesn’t  always  go to plan and there is still room to change things later but I have a pretty good idea what’s going on as the work progresses. However, I hope I can still spot how a chance mistake can take the painting in a different direction.

Recently, I’ve been reading a book about how Sybil Andrews and Cyril Power (‘Sybil and Cyril’) revolutionised lino printing in the 1920s /30s. They were also painters so maybe that’s what made me think of links between the two media.